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package org.ossreviewtoolkit.model
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore
/**
* A generic interface describing the properties of a node in a dependency tree independent on its concrete
* representation.
*
* The purpose of this interface is to abstract over the data structures used to store dependency information in a
* specific format. Via the properties and functions defined here, all the relevant information about a single
* dependency can be queried, and it is possible to navigate the dependency tree.
*
* Note that client code should not store [DependencyNode] instances. This is because the underlying data structures
* may not map directly to the properties defined by this interface. Rather than creating adapter objects (which would
* be rather costly for big graphs), an implementation may therefore decide to reuse objects during an iteration over
* nodes. Then these instances would change their properties whenever iteration moves on to the next node (refer also
* to the [visitDependencies] function). For use cases, in which a permanent reference to a [DependencyNode] is needed
* that stays valid even after an iteration, use the [getStableReference] function. A concrete implementation is
* required to create an adapter object that can be accessed safely if this is necessary.
*/
interface DependencyNode {
/** The identifier of this dependency. */
val id: Identifier
/** The [PackageLinkage] of this dependency. */
val linkage: PackageLinkage
/** A list with issues that occurred while resolving this dependency. */
val issues: List
/**
* Visit the direct dependencies of this [DependencyNode] by calling the specified [block] with a sequence of all
* child nodes. The code block can produce a result, which is returned by this function. The function is the basis
* for traversing the whole dependency graph; each call yields the direct dependencies of a node, by calling the
* function recursively on these dependencies, the transitive dependency set can be visited.
*
* Notes:
* - Not all storage formats used for dependency information use structures that can be mapped directly to this
* interface; therefore, some kind of wrapping may be required. To allow for optimizations, this function
* operates of a sequence rather than a collection; a collection would require wrapping a whole level of
* dependencies, while this is not necessarily required with a sequence.
* - When constructing dependency graphs, package managers are required to prevent cycles. Therefore, code using
* this function does not have to implement its own check for cycles to prevent infinite loops. With other words:
* It is safe to recursively call [visitDependencies] on the nodes in the sequence.
*/
fun visitDependencies(block: (Sequence) -> T): T
/**
* Return a permanent reference to this [DependencyNode], which keeps its properties during an iteration over the
* dependency graph. This means that a concrete implementation has to create an adapter object that stores the
* properties of a node if necessary. The returned [DependencyNode] should also have meaningful implementations
* for _equals()_ and _hashCode()_. Refer to the class comment for further information. This base implementation
* returns the same instance assuming that this object is directly mapped to an underlying data structure.
*/
@JsonIgnore
fun getStableReference(): DependencyNode = this
/**
* Return a unique ID for this [DependencyNode]. This ID can be used for instance during traversal of the
* dependency graph to detect nodes that have already been visited. As pointed out in the class comment, the
* reference to this [DependencyNode] itself is not suitable for this purpose. A concrete implementation
* typically returns a reference to an underlying node structure.
*/
@JsonIgnore
fun getInternalId(): Any = this
}